sam vimes
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As part of my acceptance of the limitations of many of the waters local, and available, to me, I've come to terms with the fact that I'm often fishing for relatively small fish. With this in mind, I've been resorting to increasingly light line tactics and rods. The pinnacle of this has seen me buy a modern incarnation of an old fashioned spliced tip canal rod. It certainly makes catching a bag of bits far, far, more enjoyable. The only downside is that you need to be a little careful of the venues you fish in such a manner. If the venue is home to decent numbers of carp or tench much over 3lb, you are asking for trouble.
Having to net fish much over 4oz can be a little wearing when they are biting like starving piranhas, but it's a joy none the less. The added bonus is that the bumping of the odd big roach or rudd that comes along is pretty much eliminated.
Having to net fish much over 4oz can be a little wearing when they are biting like starving piranhas, but it's a joy none the less. The added bonus is that the bumping of the odd big roach or rudd that comes along is pretty much eliminated.
Anyone else taken to bucking the trend to fish heavier and heavier in favour of actually enjoying the bend even a very modest fish can put in a really light rod?